A tessellation occurs when a shape is repeated over and over again covering a plane without any gaps or overlaps.
The shape is "repeated" by the basic transformations of translations and/or reflections and/or rotations.
The regular hexagon above can form the tessellation by translations, reflections or rotations.
- Click here to see the tessellation formed by translations of the regular hexagon.
- Click here to see the tessellation formed by reflections of the regular hexagon.
- Click here to see the tessellation formed by rotations of the regular hexagon.
Not all shapes form tessellations.
